Re: [gentoo-user] Help!: ATI -and Gentoo -and ( Xorg -or Xfree86 )

2005-04-05 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 06:49:02PM -0400, Robert G. Hays wrote Tty's are still 80x25, that's after a **LOT** of work. I really need this fixed too, I'll tackle this part. SVGATextMode is an absolute pain to get right. And you don't really need it for a nice crisp 80x48 (YES!) text

Re: [gentoo-user] Help!: ATI -and Gentoo -and ( Xorg -or Xfree86 )

2005-04-05 Thread Robert G. Hays
(Leaving all text intact for others to find all in one place.) Walter Thank You! This sounds very like what I am looking for for the consoles (though I would prefer longer lines). *And* it sounds like it won't mess with X. If I can't get X said wider console both working, I'll certainly try

Re: [gentoo-user] Help!: ATI -and Gentoo -and ( Xorg -or Xfree86 )

2005-04-05 Thread Justin Patrin
On Apr 4, 2005 6:52 PM, Robert G. Hays [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Replies inlined... Justin Patrin wrote: On Apr 4, 2005 5:58 PM, Robert G. Hays [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for the reply! The problem is to date, I cannot get Xorg to go to a higher resolution than 640x480, and

Re: [gentoo-user] Help!: ATI -and Gentoo -and ( Xorg -or Xfree86 )

2005-04-05 Thread Robert G. Hays
Inlined, with snips where appropriate. Justin Patrin wrote: snip 1) 'startx' fails, and the Xorg log states that fglrx requires Xfree86, thus why I think this; did I miss something? Or are there two versions of fglrx., one for each Xorg Xfree86? Bottom line, do you happen to know the

Re: [gentoo-user] Help!: ATI -and Gentoo -and ( Xorg -or Xfree86 )

2005-04-05 Thread Robert G. Hays
Thanks, I'll check what emerge got, fix if/as needed. Re ATI-drivers, there's a petition :: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-27729-0.htmlhighlight= Might want to add your sig to it, convince other Linux people to. I love ATI, and they were the original linux-supporting vendor. I would

[gentoo-user] Help!: ATI -and Gentoo -and ( Xorg -or Xfree86 )

2005-04-04 Thread Robert G. Hays
OK, got Gentoo k-2.6.11-g-r4 installed running from HD. ( And I *will* write a small how-to later if I can solve *this* bunch. ) Looks Nice! Powerful! :) 8D 8E) (smile with great, big, white, *donkey* teeth) But... . Important now is ATI All-In-Wonder 9600 128MB AGP8x video card, and

Re: [gentoo-user] Help!: ATI -and Gentoo -and ( Xorg -or Xfree86 )

2005-04-04 Thread Nick Rout
please stop shouting, what precisely is the question? if you want your ATI card sorted, why do we have to be bombarded with info on your router and partitioning? On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 18:49:02 -0400 Robert G. Hays wrote: -- Nick Rout -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Help!: ATI -and Gentoo -and ( Xorg -or Xfree86 )

2005-04-04 Thread Robert G. Hays
Thank you for the reply! The problem is to date, I cannot get Xorg to go to a higher resolution than 640x480, and only acknolwedges one of the two monitors (uselessly duplicates teh one monitor onto the other, which is the power-on default for the card. I was trying to find any such while

Re: [gentoo-user] Help!: ATI -and Gentoo -and ( Xorg -or Xfree86 )

2005-04-04 Thread Justin Patrin
On Apr 4, 2005 5:58 PM, Robert G. Hays [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for the reply! The problem is to date, I cannot get Xorg to go to a higher resolution than 640x480, and only acknolwedges one of the two monitors (uselessly duplicates teh one monitor onto the other, which is the

Re: [gentoo-user] Help!: ATI -and Gentoo -and ( Xorg -or Xfree86 )

2005-04-04 Thread Robert G. Hays
Replies inlined... Justin Patrin wrote: On Apr 4, 2005 5:58 PM, Robert G. Hays [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for the reply! The problem is to date, I cannot get Xorg to go to a higher resolution than 640x480, and only acknolwedges one of the two monitors (uselessly duplicates teh one